Procedure before Government
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
            
            
                
                	71. In all proceedings under this Act before the Government, evidence shall be given by affidavit, provided that the Government may, if it thinks fit, take oral evidence in lieu of, or in addition to, such evidence by affidavit, and shall for that purpose have all the powers of a Civil Court referred to in clause (a) of section 70.
                
                
                
                
                
                
            
         
        
        
            
        
        
        
        
    
    
    
        
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